Nokia has announced the release of the code to the web browser for their S60 phones. The browser is based on WebKit and KHTML. At Akademy last year the developers told us how they plan to be active Open Source contributors. It will be used on ESeries, NSeries devices and 3250 phones soon.

since Apple and KDE are cooperationg more closely through kthml.org, webkit and KHTML aren't that different anymore, and when KHTML2 and the other enhancements to javascript etc are finished in KDE 4, Apple will start to use those as well.

Quite hard and for hardly any benefit.
The only compelling advantage of WebKit at this point is the editing functionalities. Porting those to KHTML is a much easier and desirable path.

As for rendering and ecma, it's pretty much a tie. There are a *lot* of bugfixes and some functionalities that have not made it into WebCore at all, since they are not making any backporting effort, whereas we do.

WebKit enhancements have been very limited in the past 6 monthes, as they needed to go cross platform and basically turned their finests into windows programmers (poor guys!).

If I understand correctly the situation. What would be needed, would be to split KHTML between a glue interface between the HTML engine and Qt and the HTML engine. Then we could choose either Webkit or the revamped KHTML or KHMTL2 for the engine.

The title makes it sound like they're doing something incredibly generous . Aren't they forced to do so given the LPGL license of KHTML and so Webkit? and by the way, how can Nokia relicense something LGPL under BSD? it's a little confusing there

It seems that KHTML had nothing to win by being licensed under the Lesser GPL (LGPL). In other words, KHTML and KDE developers got the short end of the stick, while big business opportunists like Apple took advantage of KHTML without lifting a finger to help it and give back. Apple did the _very least_ they could get away with under the LGPL, which was obviously not enough for KDE developers to improve KHTML for the benefit of FOSS users:

So why continue to SUCK UP to DRM-loving big business by releasing KHTML and KDE-libs code under the LGPL, when you can fight for Freedom and for the users' rights by licensing _all_ your code under the GPL, the license with the strongest copyleft protections?

Nonsense. Nokia have done what the LGPL asks them to do. What else do you want? Do you want them to come round to your house and cook your dinner for you too? If that's what the LGPL was meant to achieve, then it would say so.
KDE has benefited a lot from Webkit. Stop being an FSF troll!